Cast in the shape of a kitten in a shoe. The kitten has a single hinge at the back of the neck where the case opens, revealing an enclosed cylindrical glass ink bottle inside the shoe. The inside of the kitten is hollow.
inkwells
bronze (metal)
casting (process)
glass (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Container, Writing Equipment
Inkwell
Inkwell
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
4 1/16 x 5 3/4 x 3 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1649
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